Description

Success and professional recognition in the operating room is not only achieved with personal qualities; it is, above all, a work of perseverance, method and organization. This postgraduate diploma will help you update your knowledge and increase your level of competence in surgical anesthesia”

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The methods used in surgery are constantly evolving, and the advances being made significantly condition the procedures surgical teams perform.

Each surgical intervention requires specific procedures, techniques and anesthesia. There are a series of steps and rules common to all of them that team members must know in detail, as well as how the entire surgical block functions so as to prevent and avoid the most common risks in professional practice. 

This postgraduate diploma is designed to update professionals who are developing or want to develop their functions in the surgical area, in order to increase their competence in safety procedures for themselves and, thus collaborate in the success of the intervention.

The postgraduate diploma in Surgical Anesthesiology in Nursing will allow you to update your knowledge, improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications in patients"

This postgraduate diploma in Surgical Anesthesiology in Nursing is the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most notable features are:

  • Clinical cases presented by nursing professionals who are experts in patient care in surgery and other specialities 
  • The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical Postgraduate Diploma on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • The latest diagnostic-therapeutic techniques on professional nursing practice with surgical patients
  • An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
  • All this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

This postgraduate diploma may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of surgical anesthesiology, you will obtain a qualification TECH Technological University” 

Its teaching staff includes leading nursing professionals, who contribute their work experience to this up to date program, in addition to other professionals specializing in the surgical area.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program to train in real situations.

The design of the program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of surgical nursing with extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate diploma provides training in simulated environments, which allows for an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations”

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It includes clinical cases to bring the program as close as possible to the reality of surgical nursing"

Objectives

The program for thispostgraduate diploma is oriented toward a review of surgical anesthesia procedures, based on the experience of renowned professionals, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence and guarantee patient safety.

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This refresher program will generate a sense of security when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

  • Update professionals on nursing procedures in surgical anesthesiology, in order to increase quality and safety in surgical nursing and to decrease the risks in the subsequent rehabilitation stages of patients.

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Surgical Nurses

  • Identify opportunities in the application of acquired theoretical knowledge and the tasks and techniques carried out in the operating room
  • Assess the success of teamwork with the aim of achieving set goals
  • Prevent mistakes and accidents which could put the general objective of nursing professionals -the protection of the patient in the field of surgery- at risk
  • Establish a treatment with the patient and their family that goes beyond the simple application of nursing techniques, and to consider all aspects of the patient's condition as whole
  • Describe the role of the nurse in the integral care of a patient during the surgical process
  • Evaluate the importance of nursing records in the field of surgery and describe the necessary procedures for correctly implementing them
  • Explain expert nursing care related to the safety of a surgical patient

Module 2. Anesthesia II 

  • Study the basics of general anesthesia more in depth 
  • Know the most commonly used drugs in each case 
  • Delve into the different regional anesthetic techniques 
  • Delve deeper into nursing care for anesthetized patients and crash cart management 
  • Be aware of the possible complications derived from anesthesia 

Module 3. Communications and Human Relations Related to the Legal Field 

  • Analyze the ethical aspects involved both in patient care and in research procedures related to surgical activity in the different stages of care
  • Apply the necessary communication skills to care for a patient in an appropriate and personalized way
  • Review and incorporate legal and ethical aspects in the professional practice in the surgical area
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A path to achieve education and professional growth that will propel you towards a greater level of competitiveness in the employment market"

Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anesthesiology in Nursing

The evolution in anesthesia procedures and the characteristics of the surgical area of hospital centers make it necessary for health professionals, in this case nurses, to be constantly updated academically to respond in a timely manner to the new challenges of medicine. In this sense, the Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anesthesiology for Nursing of TECH Technological University is a unique opportunity to increase the quality and safety of the praxis of surgery and to reduce the risks in the subsequent stage of rehabilitation of patients.

Course a postgraduate degree in nursing and anesthesia

At TECH, with a presence in 24 Spanish-speaking countries, we pride ourselves on offering students a rigorous academic curriculum divided into three modules. In the first one, the medical specialty of surgical nursing, its historical evolution, its legal areas, the difference between the healthcare systems in Spain and other European countries and the latest advances in the operating room are addressed. In the second one, anesthesiology, patient safety, pre-anesthetic consultation, monitoring of the anesthetized patient, types of anesthesia (general, local, locoregional) and defibrillation, among other concepts, are studied in depth. In the third, finally, the operation of the Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit (URPA) is studied.